Our 7 Favorite Movies About Work

Happy Labor Day, everyone! Did you know today is the 120th anniversary of this federal holiday? (I'm a bit of a history nerd.) To celebrate its birthday, the achievements of workers everywhere, and the much-needed day off (apologies and thanks to those who do have to work today), I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of my fave movies about working and office life over the years. Because it's a lot more enjoyable to watch a movie about work than to actually work, am I right? Here we go.

Horrible Bosses. The film that follows a hilarious trio of beleaguered employees (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis) on a quest to murder their equally-funny-but-terrible superiors (Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell) gets me every single time. Especially the scene above where Charlie Day performs an amazing rendition of "That's Not My Name." Also, in other amazing news, Horrible Bosses 2 comes out November 26.__

American Psycho. I admit, Christian Bale terrifies me in this one. And I could definitely do without all the murders. But his satirical representation of Wall Street—particularly the scene with the business cards—will always be a classic.

The Wolf of Wall Street. Another over-the-top film about the financial world and all of its sins, Wolf gives us an incredible example of what results when Martin Scorcese pairs up with Leonardo DiCaprio. But my favorite part of the film is Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff. This is the same guy from Superbad. Just incredible.

Shattered Glass. This one goes out to all my fellow writers/journalists/editors out there. The film depicts the real-life rise and fall of Stephen Glass, a former New Republic reporter found to have fabricated all or part of more than half of his articles for the magazine. The cast (Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny) is as incredible as the tales Glass would weave.

The Devil Wears Prada. Another fictional peek into the magazine world, this film has assistants everywhere rooting for Andy's triumph (and wishing for her wardrobe). Interested in what happens to Andy post-Miranda? Follow up the film with Lauren Weisberger's Revenge Wears Prada.

Up in the Air. We can thank this movie for giving us our first major glimpse at Anna Kendrick (who is phenomenal, by the way). It also depressed us and made us loathe both business travel and downsizing in a whole new way.

__*Office Space. *__No list about work movies would be complete without Office Space. The Initech office captures every idiosyncrasy about working in hilarious fashion—and will never let you look at a stapler the same way again.